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OROLIA : wins contract worth nearly 1.5 million euros to supply positioning and tracking beacons for fishing boats and oil slicks
[November 21, 2012]

OROLIA : wins contract worth nearly 1.5 million euros to supply positioning and tracking beacons for fishing boats and oil slicks


(Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) -- Orolia wins contract worth nearly 1.5 million euros to supply positioning and tracking beacons for fishing boats and oil slicks Les Ulis, 21st November 2012 - Orolia (NYSE Alternext Paris - FR0010501015 - ALORO), global specialist in critical GPS applications, have today announced that they have been awarded a contract worth almost 1.5 million euros, which involves the supply of beacons to track fishing boat fleets and oil slicks.



"News of this latest contract for M2M marine applications underlines our capacity and expertise in developing positioning and communication equipment for mobile objects, which are exposed to particularly extreme environmental conditions (flooding, hard impacts or vibrations, high humidity or dust, etc.)." The beacons will be supplied at intervals throughout 2013 - 2014.

About Orolia SA Orolia is a high-technology group specialized in precise Positioning, Navigation and Timing. Orolia provides high-precision electronics equipments that generate, distribute, measure and process the High-precision Time & Frequency signals that Critical Operations use to detect, trace, control, analyze or synchronize time and location-critical events. High-precision timing,positioning and synchronization solutions are vital for critical applications in growing markets such as Defense, Public Safety,and Telecom & Broadcasting in land, maritime, air or space environments. Since 2006, the Orolia group has been able toestablish itself as one of the leaders in PNT solutions at a global level through its strong brands: Spectracom, SpectraTime,T4Science, McMurdo, Kannad Aviation, Kannad Marine integrated into two Customer-Focused Divisions : "Positioning" and"Timing, Test & Measurement". Orolia's headquarters are located in Les Ulis, (France). The company also has main offices inNeuchatel (Switzerland), Rochester (New York), Basingstoke (UK), Portsmouth (UK) and Guidel (France). Orolia has bothOSEO "Innovative Company" & "OSEO Excellence" Labels and wins the Bold Creativity Prize (2010) and the Deloitte 1stPrize in aeronautical sector at the Deloitte Technology Fast 50annual award (2011). http://www.orolia.com Press Contact Elodie Cally - Communications Director [email protected] -Tel. +33(0)1.64.53.22.30 / +33(0)6.33.85.76.93 This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients.


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